Is echocardiographic evaluation of diastolic function useful in determining clinical care? Doppler echocardiography yields dubious estimates of left ventricular diastolic pressures

Circulation. 2009 Sep 1;120(9):810-20; discussion 820. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.869628.

Authors

Carsten Tschöpe¹, Walter J Paulus

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Cardiovascular Research VU, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

PMID: 19720947
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.869628

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Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Diastole
Echocardiography, Doppler / standards*
Heart Failure, Diastolic / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Failure, Diastolic / physiopathology
Humans
Prognosis
Reproducibility of Results
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology
Ventricular Pressure